Legumes like chickpeas, beans, black eyes beans, white peas
etc...are very healthy and is infact the most vital source of proteins for vegetarians.
Legumes are soaked (generally overnight) before boiling for two reasons – one,
they need to be softened before they boil, and two, pre-soaking helps to make
the beans more digestible. I understand that most of you prefer canned legumes
as the whole process of cooking them can be very tedious. But why waste money
on those canned beans which by the way is loaded with sodium content?

You can freeze almost all kinds of legumes, just soak, wash
and boil (with or without salt-your choice) until tender, once boiled, drain
the water and allow it to cool. Next simply put in the Ziploc bags (freezer
safe) and freeze. This way the legumes will remain fresh upto 6 months. If you
want you can also use freezer safe jars instead of Ziploc bags.

Just take them out and put in boiling water before use. Trust
me this will make your life easy. The boiled beans readily available in the kitchen
are such a wow factor. I can make Rajma Tikki, Punjabi Chola, Ragda Patties anytime
I wish.

Yeah! So next time you soak any legumes, remember you can
soak more so that it can be used in the future.